The tones of numerals and numeral-plus-classifier phrases: on structural similarities between Naxi, Na and Laze

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Michaud, Alexis
• مؤلفون آخرون: LACITO-CNRS
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2024
• الموضوعات: Arts and Humanities; Tone; Numerals
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177699
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Numeral-plus-classifier phrases have relatively complex tone patterns in Naxi, Na (a.k.a. Mosuo) and Laze (a.k.a. Shuitian). These tone patterns have structural similarities across the three languages. Among the numerals from ‘1’ to ‘10’, three pairs emerge: ‘1’ and ‘2’ always have the same to...